LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gene Wilder, whose wild curls and startling blue eyes brought a frantic air to roles in the movies "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing ...

Mel Brooks' satirical Western Blazing Saddles got mixed reviews when it opened in February 1974, but it became the year's biggest box office hit. Above, Cleavon Little, left, as Sheriff Bart and Gene ...

Let's look back at Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles as the comedy icon celebrates his 98th birthday this month. The film, released 50 years ago this year, is widely considered one of the funniest movies of ...

Gene Wilder as Jim the Waco Kid sitting with his arms crossed in Blazing Saddles Image via Warner Bros. 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of an all-time boundary-pushing comedy classic - Blazing Saddles ...

Wilder's family sadly confirmed on Monday (August 29) that the 83-year-old comedy legend had passed away following a three-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Once news of Wilder's passing broke, ...

Gene Wilder movies. When you hear that phrase, what comes to mind? Most likely it will be film titles like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein, but the truth ...

Fifty years ago, actor and director Mel Brooks released what many consider to be one of the greatest films in American cinema, “Blazing Saddles,” a movie that highlighted the struggles of the American ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...